The day I have dreaded is coming up this Saturday @ 1:00 PM .... Gotta say good bye to my buddy

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22. I am very sorry for you. I do understand how you feel.

I also have a black lab and a chocolate lab. The black lab named Rufus had cancer diagnosed about a year ago and had a front leg removed. 4-6 weeks back he had a lymph node that was the size of a baseball by the location his leg was removed. The LSU vet school said the lymph node was cancerous and there where other issues and things looked bleak. I brought him back home to spend the last few days with him and continued giving him antibiotics. He suddenly improved and the swollen lymph node was gone. He is a 12 year old.

The chocolate lab named Coco who I nicknamed CocoPup is 8 having been born around the same day my mother passed. Me and my son went to LA for a golf tournament and days later, my father watching Coco said she was not eating.. He took her to the Vet and they gave her ANtibiotics and steroids for a couple days. They then told me just before the 3rd round of the tournament that she was in bad shape and recommended exploratory surgery or euthanasia. I was caddying for him. On the second hole of the tournament i gave approval for exploratory... by the 6th hole they texted me back that she had cancer in of the liver, spleen, etc and recommended euthanizing her while still out from surgery. It was a hard decision and I never got to say good bye. I had to keep things quite and show no emotion the rest of the round for fear of ruining a good round my son was having. It was a tough rest of the day.

I though my lab with 3 legs and cancer would go first and leave just Cocopup but the entire situation was flipped. She passed the same day John McCain did so I will always remember that date.

Its very tough to lose a pet that is part of the family.

I Hope you Enjoy the last little time you have and I hope you get back on your feet quickly.